Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35305, John Fenderson, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Fenderson, John
S. 35-305
CONTENTS

3240.
Maine Roll
John Fenderson, 4
Capt Spree
private.
Massachusetts line 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence
the 29 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Oct r 1818 and sent to Judah Dana Esqr.
Fryeburg Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 33.60
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819 48.00
Arrears mo 6/30 $81.60
d. June 24. 1852
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Larsenfield, York
Verification sent to David Chase Esqr. Newbedford March 31 st July 1820

John Lenderson
Concord
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]
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I John Henderson of Pernomfield  Scarborough in the county of York in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States do testify and declare on oath, that I served in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment as a Private soldier against the common wealth enemy about five years - I first enlisted for eight months in June A D 1775 into Capt D. Strout company served out that time in guarding & defending Black Point in Scarborough near Portland Maine - in Jan'y A D 1776 I again enlisted for one year into Capt Wm Bucklin company - Col Nichols Regiment. Massachusetts Line - and served till the last of the year - when I was dismissed - In January A D 1778 I enlisted again for three years & was put into the light Infantry company commanded by Capt Joshua Orne & attached to the Regiment com- manded by Col Henry Jackson. In the autumn of A D 1779 I was removed from this company into Capt Thomas Hunt's company in the same Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, till I was dismissed on the fourth day of January A D 1781 - at West Point - which discharge I now have I have no pension & from my reduced circumstances in life - I am in need of assistance from my country for support -  27-42
John Henderson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Oxford in the first Eastern Circuit - On this twenty ninth day of April A D 1818 before me the Subscriber Judge

of the Court of Probate in said County and first Annotate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth personally appeared the abovenamed John Henderson a Resident of Parsonsfield in said Circuit - who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the foregoing Declaration by him signed, in order, to obtain the provision made by a late act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revo- lutionary war; Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Judah Dana Judge etc
I Judah Dana Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that said John Henderson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment, and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Con- gress - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my

29 hand and official the seal of the said Court of Probate at Fryeburg, this twenty fifth day of July AD 1818 -
Isaac Dana Judge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Oxford ss.
The subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said County Do at Fryeburg in said County on this twenty fifth day of July AD 1818 certify & make known that the Hon. Isaac Dana who signed the foregoing certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate & First Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth & that said Instrument is under the seal of said Probate Court.
Attest Simon Geywood Register of Probate

John Henderson
3.240
CM
March 1819

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
2 cows - 2 yearlings 1 ox - 5 sheep - 2 pigs - \frac{1}{2} of a horse
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Henderson who, by occupation am a farmer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of age & sickness - now under the care of a physician —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary — wife 65 yrs very bad health   Sally — daughter 24 — under care of physician —   Joseph — grandson 10 — good health  
John Henderson —
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. W.B. Sewall — Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit , within the county of York — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto an- nexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is seventy two dollars and cents . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W.B. Sewall
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York —

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment ad Alfred from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in person
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County  John Henderson aged sixty four years, resident in Parsonsfield in said County who being first duly sworn  affirmed according to law, doth on his oath  affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Horn in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty ninth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 3.240 was granted. And I do solemnly swear  affirm that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
John Henderson
Affirmed Sworn to and declared, on the 18 th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Benjamin Greene Ch: Justice } One of the Judges of the said Court.
Att: Daniel Sewall, Clerk.

December 5, 1932.
Mrs. W. H. Managan 301 Wilson Avenue Lake Charles Louisiana.
BA-J/ILL John Croxford W. 23883 John Fenderson S. 35305
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Croxford and John Fenderson, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The record of John Croxford given below is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 23883, based upon the service of John Croxford in that war.
John Croxford, while residing in Scarborough, Massachusetts, (later Maine), enlisted and served twenty months as private in Captain Tyler's Company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment, at the expiration of which service he re-enlisted for three years, and on March 10, 1777, was appointed sergeant in Captain Jabez Lane's Company, Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment and was in both battles at the taking of Burgoyne; he served later thirteen months and six days in Lieutenant Colonel J. Brooks' Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged August 8, 1782 by Captain Joseph Bates.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Plantation Number 2, Penobscot County, Massachusetts, at which time he gave his age as sixty-eight years. In 1820, he was living in Newburg, Penobscot County, Maine, and gave his age as sixty-seven years, date and place of his birth not shown.
† — — John Croxford married October 12 or 13, 1783 in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, Wilmot Foster of Pepperellborough (state not given). He was then of Scarborough.
‡ The soldier died December 25, 1821.

Wilmot Croxford, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 22, 1838, at which time she was a resident of Newburgh, Maine; she was then seventy-five years of age, date and place of her birth not stated. She died October 9, 1838.
In 1838, Ezekiel Croxford, aged fifty-one years, was a resident of Newburgh, Maine. He stated then that from the time of his birth until he was twenty-one years of age he had lived in the family of John and Wilmot Croxford, after which time the said John and Wilmot lived in the same house with him thirteen years, until the death of the soldier. His relationship to the family was not stated.
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The record of John Fenderson furnished below is obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 35305, based upon his military service in that war.
John Fenderson enlisted (place not given), in June, 1775 and served eight months as private in Captain D. Strout's Massachusetts Company on guard near Portland, Maine, following which he enlisted and served one year in Captain William Crocker's Company, Colonel Mitchel's Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted in January, 1778 and served as corporal in Captains Joshua Orne's and Thomas Hunt's Companies, Colonel Henry Jackson's Massachusetts Regiment until January 4, 1781, when he was discharged at West Point, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1818, at which time he resided in Parsonsfield, York County, Maine District. In 1820, he was sixty-two years of age and his wife, Mary, was sixty-five, her maiden name and date of her birth not stated. His daughter, Sally, then twenty-four years of age, and a grandson, Joseph, aged ten years, lived with them in Parsonsfield at that time.
John Fenderson died June 24, 1852.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

35 305
Rey INVALID.
1919 May 23 Hist. to Mary A. F. Percy 1932 Dec. 5 Hist. to Mrs. M. H. Manders
File No. 35,305
John Henderson His Rev. Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 1877
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FENDERSON, JOHN (CONT, MASS) S- 35305

This may certify that Corporal John Fenderford of Colonel Henry Jacksons Regiment, has this Day faithfully completed the term of three years which he engaged to serve the United States and is Honorably Discharged the American Army
Given at Westpoint this 4 th Day of January 1781.
L. S. Scott Major Comd.
To whom it may concern

Rev. Sec Adv
18 March 1919
SYRACUSE, ONONDAGA CO., N.Y. 211 MONTGOMERY STREET 18 MYERS BLOCK M. H. F. PERRY
Canton Bradford Co. Pennsylvania
May 7 1919
Pension Dept.
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen will you kindly give me any information possible as to John Fenderson of Scarborough Maine born July 15, 1756, married Sarah Kenny of Saco, removed to Parsonsfield in 1796 and died there June 27, 1852.
Please note in Fenderson Genealogy of Central New York Vol II Page 1184-5. "In the revolutionary record it appears that John served part of the time for Marblehead, Massachusetts, indicating that the family lived there at some time.
As I am applying for membership in Canton Pa D.A.R. Explicit information will be greatly appreciated. Respectfully Mary Neal Fenderson Perry Canton Bradford County Pennsylvania

Lake Charles La. Nov 17-1932
Secy Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C. Dear Sir -
I am getting up data on my Great, great grandfathers John Henderson and John Croxford 18 who enlisted in 1777 in Scarboro, Me. Would like to know their wives or beneficiaries names - any other names of the family used in getting pensions - dates and where they lived when pensions were granted - I am trying to join D.A.R. and need some dates etc -
Thank you so much for the trouble - Will appreciate an early reply Very Truly
Mrs. W. H. Managan 301 Wilson Ave.
Stamp Enclosed " returned

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Tinderson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1775 1 year Priv. D. Street Mass.   Jan'y 1776 1 year Wm Crocker Mitchell   Jan'y 1778 Jan'y 4 1781 Corporal Joshua Orne Henry Jackson   Thomas Hunt  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, April 29 1810  House was al.
Residence at date of application, Parsonfield, York Co. Me. Dist. Mass.
Age at date of application, 62 years old. Died June 24 1852.
Remarks: In 1850 his wife Mary was 65 years old, daughter Sally 24 years old Grand son Joseph 16 years. There is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.